Wharfedale Aura 4 Floorstanding Speaker Pair

Wharfedale Aura 4 Floorstanding Speaker (Pair)

Class-leading Innovation. Stunning Realism

AURA continues the Wharfedale tradition of offering exceptional performance and value for money with a range of speakers that offer the home listener and dedicated audiophile a combination of monitor-class audio transparency together with class-leading levels of musical enjoyment.

Borrowing heavily from the advanced technology of the elite Elysian research project, AURA features the Wharfedale AMT high-frequency transducer, glass fibre matrix midrange and bass cones, the SLPP port system and multi-layer cabinets.

Wharfedale AMT High Frequency Transducer

Unlike conventional dome or other ribbon and planar diaphragms, the Wharfedale AMT high-frequency transducer does not move forwards and backwards like a piston. It is therefore not constrained by the mass of its diaphragm, with the attendant blurring of transient response. Instead the diaphragm is folded and carries conductive elements immersed in an immensely strong magnetic field. When the music signal from the amplifier traverses the diaphragm, the folds constrict and expand. This has the effect of squeezing the air between the folds, rapidly altering its pressure to accurately transmit the equivalent pressure wave received by the microphone(s) in the recording studio.

The AMT diaphragm is also operating over a large area, for advanced efficiency, and is able to generate transient acoustic power quite easily. Wharfedale’s design team have improved the AMT unit in AURA loudspeakers to extend the response to 36kHz (-6dB) allowing a smooth and linear response to 22kHz (+-3dB). The result is exceptional clarity of treble detail allied to realistic transient response, smoothly enhancing the harmonic overtones of voices and instruments whilst providing shimmering realism to percussion such as cymbals.

Specifications of the Wharfedale Aura 4 Floorstanding Speaker